Healthcare

Hair is the crown for men and women.
When hair problems occur, many people become dizzy and stress because this could make them less attractive or ‘perfect’, although some people with no hair still has the allure.

Hair Growth Cycle

Hair growth is a cycle and asynchronous process.
In a healthy scalp, a hair can last up to 5 years. The regeneration of hair can reach 20 times on a single pore of the scalp.
Within a month, hair length can reach between 10-13 mm and if there is no hair cut, hair length can be more than 100 cm, before finally falling out and new hair growth phase begins.

There are 3 phases of hair growth with the percentage of period.
The growth phase (Phase Anagen) by 85%, the transition phase (Phase Catagen) by 1%, and the resting phase (Phase Talogen) by 14%.

1. Growth Phase (Phase Anagen).

In this phase, the hair will grow actively and can last up to 5 years.

2. Transitional Phase (Phase Catagen).

In this phase, hair growth began to slow and stop within about 1 month.

3. Resting Phase (Phase Talogen).

In this phase, hair follicles become small and move off to the surface of the scalp that lasts up to four months.

After that, a new cycle with those phases repeat until more than 20 times cycle.

However, these phases may not run properly due to many factors. And this can raise the proportion of final phase (phase Telogen).

Also, hair growth will soon slow down with age.

What factors speed up the Telogen phase?

Some factors that influence the raise of telogen phase such as consumption of unhealthy foods or lack of nutrients intake, dust often stick to the hair and rarely cleaned properly, the type of scalp (dry or oily), hormone imbalance, side effect of hormone therapy, stress, diseases, frequent or excessive use of cosmetic products (especially containing lots of chemical content) genetic factors, etc.

What kind of hair problems?

Besides the problem of dandruff, branched hair, unruly hair, thin hair, the most dreaded hair problem are hair loss and baldness.
However, from many cases, those problems can be overcome if knowing the causes.

Causes and treatment of hair loss

In general, several causes of hair loss as follows:

1. Anemia.

Hair loss can occur due to lack of iron, resulting in lower levels of red blood cells in the blood.
These condition will affect to the health of hair follicle.

Tricks:

Definitely a cheap and effective way is by taking iron supplements along with vitamin C as a supportive, making a maximum absorption of iron.

2. In certain medical treatment.

Hair loss can occur as side effects of taking medications and therapies, such as antidepressants, diuretics, ampethamines, lithium, chemotherapy drugs, or any drugs or therapies that can make the hair fall out.

Tricks:

Consult to your doctor if the dose can be reduced or other alternative medicines or therapies.

3. Hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.

In these cases, hair loss can be caused by imbalance hormonal condition, which ultimately increase the levels of chemicals in the body, namely Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which would ‘invade’ the hair follicle.

Tricks:

Use treatments that helps restore the condition of thyroid hormone to normal levels.
If using prescription drugs, consult to your doctors about potential side effects and effectiveness.

4. Diseases.

Some diseases can make hair loss such as alopecia areata (a skin disease that can cause hair loss on the scalp), trichotilloomania (a disorder that results from pulling on the hair), anorexia, bulimia, etc.

Tricks:

Consult to your doctor to get proper treatment.

5. Extreme low-fat diet.

Strict slimming program can make loss of hair because the risk of malnutrition, exhaustion, dehydration, and cramps.

Tricks:

Interspere adequate protein intake every day in your weight loss program, because it is (protein) essential to make the hair remain healthy and intact.

6. Stress.

Hair loss can occur due to high stress level that make hair follicles become inactive or be attacked by white blood cells, and the results in a week will experience with hair loss.

Tricks:

Take your time fore relaxation, recreation, and leisure activities. And whenever possible to avoid excessive stress.

Alternative Treatments

Many natural products are available in the market to overcome and prevent hair loss and baldness.
However, besides of using ingredients that is not so actively addresses the root cause of hair problems, many of them often using ‘hidden’ chemical content to give certain impression that the product works well, such as hair color become darker and shine once tested with the products, feel hot on the scalp, and various effects that actually not related to support hair growth process.

Of course, this is detrimental to consumers. Besides do not helping solve the problem of hair loss and baldness in patients, even the possibility of side effects they can get including to damage the hair and scalp itself.

In most cases of hair loss and male pattern baldness, including to baldness in woman, a hair loss natural product should have an ability to slow the process of Androgenic Alopecia (Androgenetic Alopecia [AGA] or Alopecia Androgenetica); a process of hair loss and baldness caused by high levels of DHT in the blood and eventually absorbed into the hair follicle.

Since hormone DHT is the most of hair loss causes (almost 95%) and main cause of pattern baldness, therefore, no more compromise that the product should be able to adress the root cause of an increasing of DHT.

For reference, increasing DHT levels can be caused by two factors.

1. The outbreak of the hormone androgen which then form the hormone DHT and get into the bloodstream. Finally, it gets into hair follicle and make it shrink, making the condition of the hair will be thin and hair loss began to occur.

2. Increased binding of DHT by androgenic receptors.

It seems too complicate to find active phytonutrients content that overcomes those process, and perhaps even through synthetic agents commonly used in pharmaceutical products.

But, actually NOT.

Saw palmetto (Serenoa rapens) is one of plant (the berry) containing natural chemical contents that can inhibit and block an enzyme leads to increase DHT levels in the blood. This enzyme called 5-alpha Reductase (5aR) that exist on the cell membranes.

Because of this ability, saw palmetto was called as a natural 5aR inhibitors, which are also safe for consumption

The ability of saw palmetto in dealing with hair loss and male pattern baldness is NOT A MYTH from the world of herbal and homeopathy, but also proved scientifically.

A randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trial study conducted by researchers from the Clinical Research and Development Network, Aurora, CO, USA, and the French and Associates in Atlanta, GA, concluded that saw palmetto effectively used as 5aR inhibitor to treat hair loss and pattern baldness in male aged 23-64 years in the category of mild to moderate suffering of androgenetic alopecia.

This effect due to phytonutrient contents of liposterolic and beta-sitosterol extracted from saw palmetto.

They write in the paper published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine on July 5, 2004, “This study establishes the effectiveness of naturally occurring 5AR inhibitors against AGA [androgenetic alopecia] for the first time.”

Also, a study conducted by researchers from the II University of Naples, Italy, found that saw palmetto very effective in addressing androgenetic alopecia.

They write on the paper published in 2004 in the European Hair Research Society that their studies “confirms the effectiveness of Serenoa rapens extract on hair baldness such as androgenetic alopecia, especially when connected with 5aR reductase activity.”

In fact, their studies also found that the production of sebum also reduced by greater than 65%.

Other recent studies conducted by US researchers and published in 2011 in Evidence Based Complementary Alternative Medicine archive (ref) also found that saw palmetto extract effectively treat chronic inflammation of the hair follicle, another contributors of pattern baldness.

And much more studies.

Therefore, Provillus, a natural homeopathic product for hair loss and pattern baldness use it as part of their integral ingredients to help man and woman with hair loss and pattern baldness problems.

What the best of this natural homeopathic product than others?

Provillus also contain Zinc.

Zinc has been known since long by many health experts as one of contribute factors of nutrients deficiency among individual with hair loss problems.

However, as also well known that the absorption of Zinc in the body will be less than perfect or less effective if the patients also lack of Magnesium and Vitamin B6. Therefore, this natural homeopathic product also use them as part of their integral ingredients.

Magnesium is an essential substance needed by the human body to synthesize proteins including to Zinc, while Vitamin B6 helps synthesis of amino acids that many contained in this product.

In addition to speed up the process of growing hair, Provillus also contain a water-soluble enzyme of Biotin.

Benefits of Biotin also has been proven by several studies in dealing with hair loss and pattern baldness.
A 2011′s study conducted by researchers from the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, also found that Biotin help relieve from adrogenetic alopecia impact due to adverse effect of medications for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and major depression, that commonly prescribed with valproic acid agents.

The study authors write in the paper published in the Journal of Child Neurology, “Hair loss was observed in 3 patients treated with valproic acid, with normal serum levels of biotin, zinc and biotinidase activity, and the alopecia disappeared with the oral administration of biotin (10 mg/d) in 3 months.”

Is it enough? No!

This natural homeopathic product also very concern about risk factors of hair loss and pattern baldness.

As psychological factors also determine the occurrence of hair loss, therefore this natural homeopathic product also contains Eleutro that can ease tension of nervous system due to stress and anxiety, asiatic acid and asiaticoside isolated from Gota Kola that have similar works with saw palmetto in addressing hair loss due to inflammation in hair follicle, Pumpkin seed oil that have similar works with saw palmetto in terms of 5aR inhibitors, and an essential oil extracted from Uva-ursi for hair grow.

Overall, without rule out the existence of other natural products, Provillus is a complete solution in dealing with hair loss and pattern baldness both in male and female. All in One with natural homeopathic ways.

For the doses and how to use this product, you can see in this page.